Vehicle-wheel.



I T. B. JEPFERI.

VEHICLE WHEEL. I Ammonia FILED JAN.15, 1906.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

THOMAS 'JEFFERY, or KENOSHA, Wisconsin.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Thomas B. Jnrrsni', a

citizen of the United States, residing at lienosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of 1860118111, have invented new and useful Improvements in' vehicle-wheels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The purpose of this invention to provide an improved construction of vehicle wheel, chiefly in respect to the means of holding the tire to the felly.

It consists in the features of construction set out in the claims,

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a transverse section of, the fellyand tire of a wheel embodying one form of this invention. Fig.

is a side elevation of a segment of such wheel. Fig. is a.- view similar to Fig. 2, showing a subdivided clamp or guard for the form of felly shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4c is a View similar to Fig. 1 showing a second modification. Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of a segment of the 'wheel having the side guards of the form in cross I section shown in Fig. 4. but made up of several segmental sections. Fig. 6 is a section of a felly alone, taken in the same plane as the Fig. 1. The felly comprises a main body portion, A, which may be understood to be of wood (although the-invention is not necessarily limited in res ecit to the material of this element), a metal mm, B, encompassing the body, A, and overhanging the same at both margins? and lateral guards or tire retainers,

.C, C, mounted at opposite sides of the body,

A, as more particularly hereinafter de scribed. The tire sheath, D, is of any suitable material and construction for incloslng an inflatable or other form of tire, designed,

marginal enlargements, D, are in transverse section Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 15., 1906. SerialNo. 296,006.

Patented April 2], I909.

section, of form which is substantially dovelailed,tthat is, expanding outwardly from the thickness of the sheath to the edge faces,-

11', of the enlargements which seat against the opposite lateral surfaces of the body, A, of the telly. Said edge face, (Z, is at right angles to the inner face, (1', of the enlargement, and the outer face, d", diverges from the latter at an angle of about 45 degrees, so that when the inner face, (1, is directly transverse to the plane of the wheel, as when the tire sheath is clamped in place with the edge faces, (Z, d, bound against the opposite lateral surfaces of the body, A, of the felly ihe, outer face, (2*, faces away from said plane of the wheel obliquely toward the axis of the latter. Suitable dovetail spaces for engaging the dovetailed enlargements, D, are formed between the overhanging marginal portions of the endless metal rim, B, which circumfcrentially encompasses the body, A, of the folly within the tire sheath cavity having its inner face toward the wheel axis at right angles to the plane of 45 degrees, as necessary in order to seat.

against the faces, (P, of the marginal enlargements, D, which slope at that angle to' the plane of the wheel, as indicated. Twin nuts or saddle nuts, F, striding the body of the felly and lodged in notches, a, formed in the periphery of the latter to accomm'o date them, have at right-angles to the inner faces of the guards, C, C, threaded apertures, j, for the bolts, H, which take through guards or retainers, C, C, and through notches, cl, in the lower edges of the enlargements, D, for clamping said enlargements both against the lateral faces of the body, A, and also against the inner face of the overhanging marginal portions of the rim, B,- that is, into said dovetail spaces mentioned. Said bolts, H, having their heads bearing against the outer inclined face of the guard, thus draw directly against the outer faces, (1 of the enlargenients, D, for forcing said enlargements into the right angles between the lateral faces of the body, A, and the overhanging margins of the rim, B.

In Figs. 4 and 5 there is shown another modification consisting in forming the parts which bound the cavities in which the marginal enlargements oflthe tire sheath are em I I gaed, with the1r nner faces corrugated or this "form, the rim, B, has its marginal poringly shaped marginal enlargements, D, of

' sides, the inner wall of each cavity being 01' ribs, 12 ,6 and the guards/or retainers- -wh1ch in this form'are designated by referencecharacter, Cl have their faces which "corrugated margins, B correspondingly two corrugatedrwalls is in the form of one -fonns,- Figsi1 and 4, and the guard as-shown lateral guards mounted on the body portion ri-b ed so asto give the cavities double-dove tailed form and making said marginal enlargements either by construction or by their compression between the bounding walls of said cavities of corresponding form. I In 1 tions, Bt, B, formed with, two corrugations are; opposed to the overhanging ribbed or provided with two corrugations or ribs 0 i 0',- so'that the cavity bounded between these 1 dovetail succeeding another, whereby there are afiorded two shoulders to resist any strain tending to disengagethe correspondthe tire sheath.

In all the'forms shown, the guards may be" either each completely annular or composed of'a multiplicity of sections. In Figs. 3 and 5,-the two forms of guard represented in Figs. 1 and 4, respectively, are shown'sub divided in short sections, a, and o I The unitary annular guard does not present materially different appearance in the two in Fig.2 maybe taken equally as re *resent ing in that view the annular guar 'ofjthe fornishown in Fi Jr;

Iclaim: v i

1'. A vehicle wheel comprising a felly formed with dovetail cavities at opposite fixed with respect/to the bodyof the telly,

forming the outer wall of said cavities respectivel nuts seated in the. telly at the inner site ofsaid cavities, in combination;

with a tire sheath having marginal enlarge- 5 -ments adapted to be engaged in said dovei v tail cavities, and bolts taking through said outer guards across said cavities into said said overhanging marginal portions of the rim and the guards atthe respective sides of the body; nuts lodged in the felly under said rim and bolts taking through the guards and said marginal enlargements of the sheath into said nuts for clamping the enlargements between the converging faces of the rim and guards. V 4 I J In vehicle Wheel comprising a'felly having a body portion and a peripheral encompassing rim having margins ,overhan ing the body portion at both sides; sadd 6 nuts striding the body'portion of the felly under the rimhaving threaded bolt apertures at opposite sides of the body; lateral guardsmounted on the body portion hav ng their faces converging-toward the respective overhanging margins of, the rim and-forming dovetail cavities atopposite-sides of the body, in combination with a tire sheath having marginal enlargements adapted to be engaged in "suchcavities, and bolts taking through the guards across the cavities into the apertures of the nuts. "-In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand atKenosha Wis, this29 day of December, 1905.

Witnesses: I

JERRY DE Cox, Gno. H. EDDY. v i

,THOS. B. JEFFERY.. 

